"It offers neither the insight of a good biopic nor the elation of a good sports drama."

Though Invictus has elements of a biopic and a sports drama, it doesn't belong to either of those categories. Its treatment of Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African president and anti-apartheid leader, is limited to one year of his life, and its treatment of the 1995 Rugby World Cup that brought the country together is just plain limited. This hybrid, pleasant and inoffensive though it…